Well, here I am, back in labor & delivery. I came in Friday morning for my scheduled non-stress test and haven't left. The babies did great during the non-stress test, but the doctor didn't like that I was contracting so much, so they admitted me for longer monitoring. The contractions continued--not painful, sometimes I didn't feel them at all--and eventually the doctor came in and checked me. 1cm and 90% effaced...oops! The doctor was a bit concerned about my cerclage and decided to keep me overnight until my OB was in the next morning.
Saturday morning my OB came in and decided to take out the cerclage and start me on IV fluids. She checked me right before she took it out and I had progressed to 2cm...oops again...and the cerclage was basically hanging off, not really doing much. I don't even think she needed scissors to cut it, so she just pulled it off. It didn't hurt at all--I've had pap smears that were worse--and I only bled a teensy bit. She checked me again and now I was 3cm and 90 % effaced...big oops. She and the nurses were convinced that I was just going to go into labor, so they moved me to a bigger room. They were wrong, though. After getting the fluids my contractions basically stopped. When they checked me later on in the day I was still 3cm. :-)
So, I'm still here. Amniotic sacs are both intact (yay), and I believe my mucous plug is still hanging in there, although I don't really know how... The doctor says she may send me home if I reach 34 weeks (on Tues) and haven't progressed at all. So, I'll be in the hospital until further notice. We spoke with a neonatologist yesterday and he reassured us that babies born at this point do very well (especially since I got the steroid shots last week). The babies would have to stay in the NICU until they get released from the hospital, and that usually happens between 36 to 38 weeks gestational age--most likely closer to 36 since they're not *so* early. As the neonatologist said, "There's preemie and there's really preemie." There's also a difference between pre-term and premature.
Well, that's all for now. Back to watching Harry Potter weekend on ABC Family. :-D
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ReplyDeleteHang in there babies! You all must stay for another 2 weeks, okay?
Come on babies--stay put!!!
ReplyDeleteBut even if not, they'll be awesome. Hope you've got a good pump...
You tell those two that as eager as everyone is to meet them they'd better stay put for a while, we'll be patient.
ReplyDeleteDid they do another fetal fibronectin or are they just assuming those two will be making an arrival shortly?
I'm keeping you in my thoughts my dear.
I guess it's touch and go from here but the babies are doing well and that it what matters. I can not believe that it didn't hurt to get that pulled out! Amazing. Hoping your early labor stalls out and you get to go home for a few more weeks.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the babies are doing well. I hope they hang in there a few more weeks! Stay strong and try not to get too restless in that hospital.
ReplyDeleteI've been out with the move, no internet yet, but had a feeling I would come back and see something from you. Hopefully between now and the weekend when I'm around internet again, there wont be any more news of progress. Not yet anyways.
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